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jamt 10. 1846. THE NORTHERN STAR. ' 7
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THE MILITIA. Two or three sp irited in d...
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EXECUTION OF MARTHA BROWNING FOR THE MUR...
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EXECUTION OF SAMUEL QUENNELL AT HORSEMON...
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Atuociocs Cruelty to a Child.—At the Qua...
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Jamt 10. 1846. The Northern Star. ' 7
jamt 10 . 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ' 7
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« And 1 will war , st least in -words , ( And—should my _chanae so happen—deeds , ) With all who war with _TUougbt _!*' _ti I think I bear a Utile bird , who sings The people by and by will be the stronger . _"—Brao * .
Parties In France. The Following Ersayre...
PARTIES IN FRANCE . The following ersayrecen % appeared ia the Bie n Public , from the pen of the celebrated poetand deputy for Macon , M . _Aiphoxse de Lamartixe : — God has placed the headhigber than the heart , in order that reason might rule orer feeling . This is why we venture to say " the Revolution of July was a great day , " although the Revolution of Jul y lacerated habits existing in onr soul , and saddened what feelin" - there was in ns . Perish onr feelings rather than a principle ! The expression of Barnave is the expression if < _reat convictions . It was our own .
The Revolution of July , _well-assuned and well-conducted , might be the reign of the liberal and popular principle , the revival of liberty—the second advent of the p _sople—no longer ofthe people recently _cmancijKttfd from aristocracy and despotism , making an irruption , with their broken chains in their hands , through wares of blood , into the unlimited field of their tumultuous sovereignty , mistaliing disorder for _belief and delirium for strength , bnt of the people—free , oiganized , instructed by _experience , prodent against themselves , corr ected of their prejudices by their favourites , cured of war , and disabused of conquest by the severe glory of the empire , and preparing to reign on the conditions of every durable reign ; a great idea—a great will—a great moderation .
What has become of tbat great day ? " What hare the people become * "What has become of this rei _^ n in expectation ! The Revolution of July was no sooner cooled down than it no longer knew where its principle was , and was already seized upon by parties . They have sinceincreased and multiplied , and theyare now so subdivided that they rather deserve the appellation of coteries than that of factions ; and it is difficult to "know with whom and against whom one lives . We ar * incessantly inquiring of ourselves , " To what party do you belong * We cannot reply ; and we remain , apparently , ashamed and confounded . Is it our shame , cr that of parties S Time will show .
It is true that we do not despise parties when they are the well-defined and well-resolved agglomeration ofa collective idea and will , which groups itself , thinks , writes , speaks , acts , aud votes , " to insure the triumph of what theybdieve to be political truth . Bat we do not honour with that name those who know not what they wish , or what they say , or yet what tbey do . Xeitherdo we include those who haTe the candour to avow aloud ihat they desire nothing bnt domination , and who jumble ideas together as they shuffle cards at play , in order that good luck may issue from them .
Thus there are three great parties in France that we , recognise , and to which we have always dona justice , sometimes honour , at thesame time that we differ from them in several respects . There is one honourable party —the possessor ofa great part of the soil , illustrious f rom its names , respectable from its antiquity , powerful from its fortune , deriving authority from traditions , resting upon religion , the natural ally of the old Church , dear to the army because it has always bandied arms , monarchical as the old French soil which it has a thousand times watered with its Wood—this party , royalist by nature , says to the conntry , "You wish for two things—mo oarehical government and liberty . We , and we alone , can give yon both . "Monarchy has two conditions—right and presti ge . Tou do not supplant the right—you do not
_hraak _tbelejdtimatf of the hereditary succession to ths throne by a caprice of three days . You do not substitute a new branch for the old monarchical trunk without the people perceiving it , and without justice raising a cry in their hearts . A dynasty is not made in an instant . Monarchy has only one root in the soil ; if you cut it out tiie tree will flourish a few days longer , and will then dry np . It is we who possess the _trua monarchy , in principle , in reserve , and in exile . Take it , and it will restore you , with the sympathies of Europe , the choice of alliances which haTe been alienated from you for the last fifteen years . By such alliances you will double the strength of your nationality ; and , moreover , legitimacy
alone is sufficiently indisputable to be able to support , without staggering , the assault of parties , and the storms of fhe press and fhe tribune in a representative government The ground must be solid beneath the tumultuous tread of a democracy . It is tbe antiquity of the right to the throne and the innate respect for dynasty that consolidate the soil . What prestige can you expect from a dynasty which is younger than the yonngest of jour childreH , and of which your Tery sons have witnessed the birth ! What eyes can be dazzled by a crown which was yesterday a fiat" Without doubt it is the _soroKotionof tbe people , bnt , in the imagination of mankind , the consecrator of things is time !"
Here is one party ; it knows what it wants , and says so plainly . It is for you to judge . There is another party , composed of men the most youthful in opinion , the most logical in reasoning , and the most intrepid in conviction , who derive their intellectual descent through the sentiment , or through tbe idea , of the great popular names of the Revolution , and who precede , in thought , the ever slow and ever hesitating march of the people . They say to France , " Why do you halt in a blunder ? You are , _andjou wish to he , more and more of a democracy . What is democracy ? It is the negative of the principle of hereditary succession , aad the application of the principle of election to government in all its degrees . It is the sovereignty wrested from a single individual and restored to all . It is a people of citizens , or rather a people of kings , all equal , and reigning themselves by their own magistracy , instead of giving a procuratim to reign for them . The unique and permanent depository of power will abuse the deposit . He will create for himself different interests from those
of the people ; a crowned exception in the state , he will bars thoughts exceptional like the situation in which you place him . He will be tempted to profit by the privilege of one alone to upset the right of all . Why create this permanent danger to the constitution ? What is an hereditary head npon an elective body ? What is this dynastic power invented and armed by your own hands that yon may hare the dangerous amusement of struggling against it ? Either this hereditary head is strong or it is weak . If it is strong , it sabdnes or corrupts you ; if weak , you restrain and domineer ever it- Cui bono tbis superannuated wheel-work in mechanics 1 Be consistent . There is no nation tbat resists a logical defect in its institutions . Either declare yourselves deposed from the sovereignty of the people or consent to call democracy by its proper name . There is no middle course . "
Here , again , is a party which speaks out . Reply , if yen know how to reply . If some of its unworthy and falsa apostles had not written its theories in red ink—if it had encouraged instead of menacing the future , the future would perhaps draw near to it . Finally , there is a third great parry in France . It is that of the present Government—that of the numerous , laborious , intelligent , and opulent middle class of the country which made the Revolution of July without knowing it , which accepted this inconsistency without wishing to do so , and which endeavours to justify it without being able .
"What do we care , say they , "for the antiquity of some and ths theories of others Perish theories , and God save the Government of July ! The Revolution daunts us , and with some reason ; it showed ns its phantom for three days , and that is enough . We courageously rallied to crush it in its faubourgs and its clubs . " We were compelled to constitute a monarchy in a great hurry . We took what we had at hand—a fact instead of si principle . We made a lucky choice ; our Prince has been tbe good genius of our Revolution . His patience
and wisdom have worn ont everything . It seems as if God had granted to him , as to Joshua , the power of stop _, ping the course of the sun , not to exterminate , but to tire oui ; parties . We did not pretend to invent nevr forms of government . We have a monarchy , such as it is ; it protects our lives , our property , our children , our front iers , our commerce , public orders , the security of our homes , and the peace of Europe . We are far from disputing your _lope . But , with us , the first logic is , to Uve . Our ideal is the public safety , and our own in the first instance . "
But without the sphere of these great and serious -parties there are , in the press and in the Chamber , 1 know not how many parties who have called themselves -for the last fifteen years , Opposition , dynasty left , constitutional left , moderate left , left centre , tiers-parti , entire Opposition , demi-Opposition , _qaarter-Opposition , shade of Opposition , and , lastly , and this is worse than all , —semblance of Opposition ! How is one to " know -where one is iu the midst of them ? We except a great number of Opposition members who , like ourselves , have always disliked these _^ tactics . And these you call parties ? And you condemn serious men when they enter the Chamber to range themselves , necessarily and irrevocably , under one of these thousand little banners , or rather _thesi ragged pocket handkerchiefs without breadth and without colour , and which , far from being able to float over the policy ofa great nation , are not even large enough to conceal the miserable ambitious ofthe groups by which they are borne . " So , no ; keep your votes to yourselves if you put them up at this price .
We are well aware that there has existed for the last fifteen years a numerous " constitutional opposition " party , ealledthe " great left , " which borrows from the conscientious men of whom it is composed , from the name , the proverbial probity , and the unrivalled talent of its orator , an authority , a respect , and an _edaf , wliich bave for a long time formed the hope of liberal opinions in France . One would like to join it , but to do tbat one must know upon what ground this patty will be found . That is not so easy as people think . It does not remain firmly enough , or long enough on the same spot , to render you sure of finding it again where you ' . eft it . Yo _* j
always arrive at the place of rendezvous for its opinions an hour , or a year , after it has left . Thus it demands the English alliance , and a war for the European cause of I _' oland . Ton arrive ;—and , lo ! it is furious with Anglephobia , and intent on peace and an aliiauce with Russia . It demands electoral reform . You run to the spot ; but it says nothing more aboutit , and , at the most , will only allow you to hear a very low sigh for the annexation of a few jurors to the list of a few electors ot a n _itiou which is said l _# be sovereign . It fulminates _ajaiist the
Parties In France. The Following Ersayre...
_batons , the guns , the powder and the bullets , of tho _fortifications of Paris ! You think to recover _youisolfon the Regency question , and that it will , conformably with _tupnnciplesandttspopul _. _iriustincts , raerve to thena tion the choice of its intermediate King ! You arrive " and find it separating from its leader to vote with the Ministry , for a presumptive and * _anticioatory _regeney-that is to say , two Kings - _^ It stigmatizes corruption in one of its dirtiest sources -the secret-service money . You arrive , and find it voting the secret-service money with the Minisby of tbe _lstofrfarch ! At fest , you firmly hope to reach iton the groundof the complete revision of the September lawsall those exceptional laws all those preventive measures , and all those acts of fore , _gn policy against which it has thundered a hundred times in its journals , at its _banqueteandmitstnbuues ! You arrive , and find it allied with tiie very Mmister who has gained over it all theso vict
ories , inspiring itself with the counsels of its natural enemy and its conqueror , and intrenched immovably and self-satisfied upon the ground of " accomplished facts !" In truth , this party seems to have set itself this problem to solve— "How far can the long-suffering of an opposition of honest men be carried ! " The future will award ii great praise and great surprise as weU . It possesses generous and liberal _prindples—it has right and pure intentions—it has undent disinterestedness—it has voices resounding through the countiy and worthy of resounding to posterity . What does it do with them all ! Iu orators ascend the tribune , burst forth in a volley of patriotic indignation , severe threats , prophecies of ruin agaiust the government of intimidation and corruption , which listens to them , their chins upon the palms of their
hands . That resembles an opposition solfeggio to exercise tbe voices of the speakers . The notes are superb , thc airs are sublime , the intonation surprising , but there are no words set to these fine airs , or , if there are , those words manifest no will . Hazarin said , " the nation sings—I am tranquil . " The government of July may say , " the coalition talks ; let us pursue our course fear lessly . _* ' And jou call this a system of tactics ! This is the use which a party calling itself political makes of so much patriotism , talent , and public virtue , shiniBg uselessly upon the country * What has it done % What has it prevented I Oh , happy government , to hare before it such merciful opponents ! Name a single monarchical
dream of July which has not been realised , either in spits or through the concessions of this party ! Eminent members of the constitutional opposition , awake ! arise ! it is high time . Be a p & _ttj ! be a wiU ! be yourselves ' . Separateyourselves from the allies who dcnaturaliseyou . It is the warning of the country ; it is the presentiment of the future ; it is the voice of a disinterested friend , which cries out to you- If you hesitate any longer , you will not only lose jour principles , you will even lose your popularity—you will even lose your name . You will not be called , in the page of history , the " Opposition of fifteen years ; " you will be called the _"Fatience of a reign V
For ourselves , afflicted by the errors of such parties , we deem it a safer , more glorious , and more useful course to attach ourselves to that which does not decline , to that which does not bend , to that which does not enter into compromises—viz ., to principles .
State Of Parties In England. [From The A...
STATE OF PARTIES IN ENGLAND . [ From the Augsburg Gazette . " ] Sir Robert Peel is again Prime Minister of England . In reality it was too mucb to expect Peel to support tbe measures of tbe Whig Government _ih posse , even if they were in accordance with his views . Peel has , daring the last two ye a rs , seen often enough that he can constantly rely upon the support of tbe liberal middle classes so long as he proposes _tucinneasures and protects their interests . Let the reader remember the rotes upon the Ten Hours ' Bill and the sugar question in 1 S 14 . If , a g ain , the Corn Laws must be abolished , P eel wil l much rather claim the honour of having carried through such a _measure for himself than allow it to accrue to the Whigs b y lendin g them the influence of his su ppo rt
as a single member of Parliament . But a question arises , whether the repeal of the Corn Laws will be effected by him . Since the great Revolution of 16 SS , the Ministerial power has alternately appertained to two parties only—the Tories and the Whigs . Since the year 1831 ( the period of the Reform Bill ) , and especially since 1842 , t h ree new pa rtie s h a ve , on the other hand , been formed . First , the decided " economical" Liberals , who , since 1830 , have been carrying on a campaign of free trade against the old English system of tax and duty legislation , und e r the banners of the Anti-Corn Law League . This party chiefly consists of the manufacturers , with a considerable portion of the mercantile body ; whilst the old Whigs are partially opposed to it , it has to rely
upon the support of the entire Radical party . This League party is the peculiar representative of thc interests of the middle-classes . It does not merely look to an abolition ofthe Corn Laws , but also aspires to political dominion . John Bright , the Quaker , has on this headdeclated , that" they must not rest until the aristocracy are removed from the Government . " Secondly , there is the Radical party , which principally consists ofthe small middle-class . It entirely accords with the Anti-Corn Law League as regards its commercial politics , but is distinguished from the latter by the circumstance that it desires an electoral reform upon the basis of universal suffrage and democracy . Its members vote on all decisive questions with the Whigs , an d have g eneral lyon account of
, their weakness , never been able to effect anything of consequence with their Radicalism . Until alter the insu r rection of 1 S 4 2 , this part y was conn e cted w ith the Chartists by bonds alternately tightened and relaxed . After this outbreak , however , it se pa rat e d itself in the most decided manner from tbe Chartists , and attached itself more closely than ever to the Whigs ; but more especially to the Anti-Corn Law League . Thirdly , come the Chartists , the purely democratic party , which almost exclusively rests upon the working classes . This party equally wishes for universal suffrage , but not , like the Radicah , as an end , but as a mere means to an end . It claims politic a l power for the working classes , in order that these classes may be placed in a position themselves
to c arry the measures by m e ans of which thei r social interests may be rendered more secure . " Political power the means , and social happiness the end "such is the motto ofthe Chartists . As a matter of course , Chartism contains in itself numerous " communist" elements , and , in fact , the ma j orit y of the spokesmen of this party are communists ofthe Owen schooL The leader of the first party ( the Economists ) is Richard Cobden ; that of the second ( the Radical ) , Joseph Sturge , the Quaker ; and that of the third ( the Chartists ) , Air . Feargus O'Connor , The Cobden party is strong , because it possesses th e wh o le mo ney p ower an d th e e ntire i nfluence of the industrial burgess class , exclusively of whieh it exercises an almost unlimited dominion over the
Radicals . The Sturge party reckons but few supp orters , and , separated from the Anti-Corn Law League , it would sink into a mere cipher . The O'Connor party is powerless in Parliament , because it is almost wholly composed of the non-electors ; but strong without its walls , b ec a use the g reat mass of the population in all the manufacturing districts and large towns belong to it . The question now is , whether it will be possible to carry the repeal ofthe Corn Laws without making weigh ty conce s sion s to th e s e three parties—concessions which , as re g ards the first two , c ons i s t in th e in v itati o n o f th e ir m e mb e rs int o the Cabinet ; and , as regards the third , the extens i on ofthe suffrage . The reply to this question will depend upon tbe behaviour of the English aristoeracy .
This aristocracy consists of a few hundred peers anp a few thousand landed proprietors ofa lower grade in the ranks of the nobility—the gentry—whose incomes are all derived from their landed possessions , and whose land , generally speaking , is very deeply mortgaged . The repeal of the Cora Laws would considerably narrow the incomes of all members of tlie aristocracy . All the measures hitherto carried against the aristocracy were less fearful is their eyes than the abolition ofthe Corn Laws . The repeal of the Test Act and Catholic Emancipation certainly attacked the leading princip l es o fth e En g li s h con s titution , but theydidnottouchthedirectinterestsofthearistocracy The Reform Bill destroyed the immediate influence of tbe aristocracy upon the election of members to
the Ilous e of Commons ( and t hi s not . in all cases , witne 33 tbe instance of Woodstock , which is still a close borough in tbe bands of the Duke of Marlborough ) , in order to replace it by an indirect influence , by the so-called " _Chandos" clause , by means of which the franchise is conferred upon a class of £ 50 tenants-at-will—these modern " vassals" of the aristocracy . These two measures still allowed the social power of the landed proprietor to remain , and with it his political influence . The Reform Bill undermined the power of the House of Lords , by introducing the modern French principle of repres e ntation into the English constitution ; but it allowed in some degree tliis power to continue , inasmuch as it hardly touched ihe influence ofthe landowners in the Lower
Ilouse . An evidence of this waa afforded by the restoration ofthe Tories to power in the Peel Cabinet of 1841 . The repeal of thc Corn Laws , on the contrary , will reduce the power of the landowners almost to nothing , as it will , on one side , greatly limit the foundationsof theirpower—viz ., their incomes , whilst on the other it will abolish the feudal relations between farmer and landlord . The landed proprietors will be compelled to give up their contracts with the fanners from year to year , and to grant them a lease for a series of years , by which tbe farmers will become independent of the landlords . Herewith also the influence of the aristocracy over ihe elections of the members of the Ilouse of
Commons , which rests upon the dependence of the f armers , will cease . "Whatever party may cany tbe repeal of the Corn Laws in tho Lower House , that measure will a lw a y s e ncou n ter a wa rm o osition i n tbe Upper . Twi ce wa s th c R e f o rm B i ll carried through tbe liouse of Commons , and twice was it rejected by the House of Peers . When it was carried f or t h e t h i rd time throu g h th e H o u se of Commo n s , the threat of a wholesale creation of Peers alone succeeded in silencing the opposition of the House of Lords . And even this would net have been possible had not an alarming excitement at that time prevailed amongst the people . These same conditions are now repeated . Whigs as well as Tories bave admitted—have conceded—tlte fact tbat the Corn Laws will be abolished in the forthcoming session
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The question is no longer , " whether these laws _thall be repealed ? " but merely ,. " who will repeal tb 6 . ro ? " We have seen that both Tories and Whigs are aP 8 titut » of : the power to effect it . Each party will be compelled , if it wish to repeal the Corn Laws , to lean for support upon a third party . The first ( the League ) has certainly considerable pecuniary resources at its command ; but , on the other hand , it is so wanting in popularity among the working classes ( now the most numerous in England ) , th a t it cannot hold public meetings in any single manufacturing town , and far fewer in the country . The artisans in the towns as well as in the country have constantly opposed the League . We have seen , t h at a t M a n c hester itsel f t h e Le ag u e h a s uot been able to hold any one public
meeting since 1 S 42 , without being out-voted by the Chartists or compelled to dissolve the meeting . The Ra d icals are whol ly p ow e rles s , as soon as ever they appear separated from the League . On the other han d , the Chartists have a power at their command , which is assuredly for the moment the _deciding one —the power of the great masses . The repeal of the Corn Laws , we have said , cannot be carried without a great excitement amongst the people . This excitement , however , it is not in the power of the Liberals or Radicals to produce ; the Chartists alone can command the people . Neither Peel nor Russell , however , can enter into an alliance with the Chartists . The Ministry that carries the repeal of the
C o r n Laws mast contain new m e n ( homines novos ); it cann o t b e form e d without C ob den ; a n d C obd en himself cannot repeal the Corn Laws , i f he h a s not the people with him . He will , however , only have them with him by making concessions to them . The concession desired by the people is this : —The entrance of Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., into the Ministrya concession that must be made sooner or later ! But Duncombe once in the Ministry , the English Conetitution is shaken from its summit to its foundation ; a new epoch for England will be ushered in with the Democratic Minister , an d we will form no further conjectures respecting what will then fellow . There is a party struggle like tbose of ancient Rome .
The Militia. Two Or Three Sp Irited In D...
THE MILITIA . Two or three sp irited in d ivi d u a ls conne c ted w ith a newspaper-office in Newport , have drawn up the following petition , which has already received a large number of unsolicited signatures : —
TO THE _QIIEKS ' S MOST EXCELLENT _MAJESW . May it please your Majesty , "We , the undersigned , loyal inhabitants of the borough of Newport , in the county of Monmouth , having heard with serious alarm that an order had been issued for the speedy raising of the militia of this country , do hereby offer our most solemn but respectful protest against such an unconst itutional and tyrannical mode of providing for the defence of these countries . _"fiTe feel assured that your Majesty cannot be perfectly _acquainted nith the misery and unhappiness suclt an act would occasion—the ruthless severing of family ties , tearing tbe husband from his wife , the son from his mother , and sending them to Ireland , or some other place , far distant from their home , to the complete overthrow and ruin of all their worldly prospects ; and this without even going through the form which is necessary
to enlist the free soldier , but forcing them , against their will , to do that which a free nation should do from choice Your petitioners feel assured that the safety of these realms eould be efficiently secured without causing such wide spread misery , and tbey confidently trust , that in your Majesty ' s humane endeavours to ameliorate the condition of your subject ? , you will set your face against this remnant of heartless oppression , and _lyill not allow the French conscription system to be retained in our envied island . let England still be the boast of the free ; and let not her shores be defended by men dragged unwillingly from their families and friends ; for rest assured , your Majesty , sliould foreign inrasfon or domestic treason ever threaten our native land , brave hearts and willing hands would be found to battle in her defence , without having recourse to oppressive measures ; and a band of free and hearty volunteers would be of far more efficient service than a _dispirited and oppressed militia .
Trusting to your Majesty ' s kind consideration for thc welfare and happiness of your loyal subjects , Vour petitioners will ever pray , < fec .
Execution Of Martha Browning For The Mur...
EXECUTION OF MARTHA BROWNING FOR THE MURDER AT WESTMINSTER . The execution ofthe above unhappy criminal took place on Monday morning at the usual hour in front of the gaol of Newgate . Contrary to the general custom ( probably owing to the cold weather , or it may be that the public have less appetite for such spectacles ) , the spectators did not congregate so early or so numerously as on previous occasions , and it may bestill more g r a ti fying to state that there were not only less respectably dressed persons present , but comparatively few females—such as were on the spot belonging to the most degraded class . There was , however , the same callous levity , with ribaldry , aud disgusting merriment , accompanied by several fights , as is generally to be found on such occasions .
Tlie preparations were made at the accustomed time and with the usual form . She slept well during the ni gh t , and in rising yesterday morning , had lost n o ne of the firmness she h ad previous ly evinced . When she made her appearance on the scaffold , not the slightest groan or ebullition of feeling was expressed by the assembled crowd . She was dressed in deep mourning , and ascended the scaffold with a firm step , without betraying the slightest symptom of fear , or requiring the least support . She evidently paid the greatestattentionto the Reverend Ordinary , an d on t h e way t o , as well as on the scaffold , repeatedly declared , " I deserve it—I deserve it . "
The cap having been drawn over her face , and the rope adjusted round her neck , the bolt was withdrawn , and she passed from tbis world to tbe next , though not without more than ordinary suffering , perhaps partly arising from her being of light weight , though from some cause or other tbe rope was evidently more slack than usual on such occasions ; as , although the executioner was performing the task of hastening death by holding the legs tightly down , it was several minutes ere the convulsive movement of the hands upwards and downwards had subsided , so as to show that life was entirely extinct . Soon after the great bulk of the crowd began to disperse , agreat portion of whom , we regret to say , proceeded with great speed to the next sad scene of action at Horsemonger-lane .
Execution Of Samuel Quennell At Horsemon...
EXECUTION OF SAMUEL QUENNELL AT HORSEMONGER-LANE . On Monday morning Samuel Quennell , who was convicted of the murder of Daniel Fitzgerald , underwent the extreme penalty of the law , the scaffold being erected as usual on the top of the gaol . A t an early hour a vast concourse of persons assembled in fr o nt of the g a ol , as e arly as se ven o ' clock , many being unaware of the alteration of tbe hour for execution , which was rendered necessary in consequence ot tho execution of Martha Browning , at Newgate . By nine o ' clock a dense mass of persons had assembled , every avenue and house top where a glimpse of the awful proceedings could be obtained being literally cr o wded , and as thc awful hour approached the crowd came pouring in , many of whom had beeu to witness the previous execution . As is usual on these occasion s , a vast number of the mob were women , girls , and boys , and their language and conduct was most disgraceful .
Precisely as the clock struck ten the unfortunate oul prit appeared on the top of the gaol , attended b y th e chapl a in , and surrounded by the prison authoriti e s , an d h e w a lked with a firm ste p and as c ended the scaffold without any assistance , followed by the chaplain . The executioner , Calcraft , having placed him under tho fatal beam , proceeded to place the cap over h "_ 3 head and adjust the roue , some little delay being occasioned by tbe executioner having to fasten the ro pe ro und th e beam , instead of the usual manner ado p ted at Newgate of f a stenin g it to a hook * when all was completed , and whilst the unfortunate culprit was engaged iu prayer , tbe signal was given and he was launched into eternity , liis struggles appeared to bc very slight , and after banging the usual time the body was cut down in the presence of the authorities . Tbe body was interred in the evening in tbe yard leading to the prison chapel .
Suspicious Case Of Poisoning At Bromley....
Suspicious Case of Poisoning at Bromley . —Our readers will rem e mbe r that abo ut ei ghteen months a g o th e bod y of a youn g wom a n , n a m e d Harriet Monkton , was found in a water-closet at the back of a Dissenting chapel in High-street , Bromley ; that a coroner ' s inquest was summoned , when it was proved that she h a d b ee n a go verness , and ha d proce eded that ver y day from the house of her mother in London , in order that she might take leave of her friends befor e s he undert o ok a n o th e r si tu a tion at Arundel , Sussex . Upon apost mortem examination , it was discovered that she was far advanced in pregnancy , a n d that th e re wa s a very large quantity of prussie acid in her stomach , which was thc cause of her deatli . The jury , on takin g into consi d er a tion that there was no weapon of any kind near the corpse —no bottle or other vessel for containing tbe
poisonnaturally were suspicious as to the question whether it was a common case of self-destruction . They considered that she might have had the poison administered to her , and then to have been taken to . tiie place where she was found ; and from time to time they have expressed a wish to go on with the inquiry , but have received no attention whatsoever from the county oi oner , who treated the matter as if it were settled altogether . As a last resource , thejury have now memorialised Sir James Graham upon the subject , who has answered them to the effect that necessary steps will be taken to have a full inquiry into the circumstances of tbe case , and tbat uo further delay shall take place ; so that Mr . Carttar , thc coroner , will now bc obliged to proceed with the investigation , which is at present wrapped in obscurity , and the inhabitants of Bromley will be relieved from their present state of excitement .
_fbirty-one pounds of Shropshire iron have been made into wire upwards of one hundred and eleven miles in length ; and so line was the fabric , that a part ofit was converted , in lieu ot the usual horse lm _" . ; iuto a bayristcr ' s wis !
, Total Destruction Of A Cotton Mill U ,...
_, TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL U , -, - , - , AT , _MANCHESTER . " At , 1 l ' V _*"** ' ~ ' _ About half-pa 3 _t'five- ; o ' olook . on . Friday evening , a fire was discovered in the sixth stoiy of an old mill in Little Peter-street , Hulnie , a building seven stories high , without tho attic , and now in the occupation of Messrs . Holmes and _Raberts , manufactur e rs , who were about removing thither from the Garratt Mill , in consequence of the South Junction and Altrincham Railway Company requiring the site of the latter for their line . The mill is known b y va r iou s nam e s , and has been successively called Jordan ' s Mill , Fogg ' s Mill , Waddington ' s Mill , tbe " Ship-up-Mill , " & o . It is the sa me mill , or rather it occupies the site ofthe mill , to wnich attached a nainf ' ul notoriety in the vear
1817 , when it was in the occupation of Mr . Brown , or Captain Brown ( who , we believe , was tbe owner ) , of Mr . Stones , Mr . Sholick , Air . Thomas Armstrong , Mr . Stubb , and Mr . Frost . On Sunday morning , the 16 th of March , in that year , it was totally destroyed by fire , t h e da m ag e be i ng estimat e d at £ 20 , 000 . There being strong grounds for believing that it was wilfully set on lire , Mr . Thomas Armstrong , o ne o f the occu p iers , a young man about thirty-four years of age , was apprehen d ed , convicted of arson at the f ollowin g summer assizes , and was hanged at Lancaster on the 20 th of September , 1817 , for the offence . Tho last occupier of the mill was Mr . James Waddington , who held a lease of it for a term o f f ourteen y e a rs , and Messrs . Holmes and
Roberts having about three months ago taken the remainder ofhis lease , and p urchased some m a chiner y ot hira which remained in the building , had since that time been engaged in removing their machinery thither from the Garratt Mill ; and , when the fire broke out on Friday evening , the following was the condition ofthe mill : —It was an old , ill-constructed building , having probably been erected shortly after the catastrophe of 1817 , and was about thirty-two yards in length , by fifteen yards in breadth . It is situated , with one gable end , four or five windows in breadth , next Little Peter-street , and the other next Fogg ' s-Iaue ; one side , eleven windows in length ,
adjoining Jordan-street , ami the other in th e y ard of the mill , but with an entrance gate from Greavesstreet . The first or ground floor was full of carding machines and machinery for preparing cotton ; only part of the second floor wa 3 furnished with looms , brought from the Garratt Mill , which were in prog ress of . being " gated , " or made ready for setting to work ; the third floor was full of looms , removed f r o m the Garratt Mill ; the fourth was full of mules ; the fifth was only about half full of mules ; and the sixth and seventh floors were full of mules , left there by Mr . Waddington , and purchased of him by Messrs . Holmes and Roberts .
About fifty operatives were emp loyed , and the greater part of the hands had been absent from work t h e whole of t h e da y ; m a n y of them , in fact , were d r inkin g a t the Wor ld ' s End bcor-shop , Little Peterstreet , at the time . Between five anil six o ' clock in the evening , William Breeze , tbe engineer , sto pp ed the engine , in order to allow those who were at work to leave . About half-past live , or twenty-fiveminutes bsfore six o ' clock , the engineer states that he was leaving the mill , when , in going along the yard , he observed a light in No . 6 room , the highest story except one . lie remarked to Roger Wardle , the lodgekesper , that he had not turned t he g as off , on wh i ch Wardle tried to light the gas in the lodge , and , finding that there was no gas there , he , o f cour s e , concluded that the light in tbe mill could not arise from his having neglected to turn the tap of the service pipe . Both the engineer and Wardle then returned
into the mill to examine the meter m the bottom room ; and while there , James Popper , a warper employed at the mill , came in and gave an alarm of fire , having observed the light from the outside . All three then ran up stairs , and on comiug to No . 6 room they saw the floor on fire nearly in the centre , and between two mules wliich ran from ene gable end to the other . The engineer states , that if he could have procured a bucket full of water tho instant he saw the fire , he could have extinguished it . He ran down stairs as quickly as possible for water , and on arriving in the yard he learned from two policemen who had heard the alarm and come into the yard , that information of the fire ha d been sent to Mv Rose . Before the engines arrived several of the workpeople and other persons endeavoured to extinguish the flames , by throwing water upon them ; but , fed by the cotton in process of manufacture , the conflagration spread with great rapidity .
The alarm reached the police yard about a quarter before six o ' clock ; and Mr . Rose instantly proceeded to the spot with the Thames fire-engine , followed rapidly by the Mersey , the Nia g ara , an d three other engines . By the time they reached the mill , not oniy the sixth , but the seventh story , and the attic , or the cockl o ft , were oh fire . There being a cistern of water in the y ard o f the p remi s es , th e h o se wer e attached ; and the firemen , under the direction of Mr . Rose , proceeded up the stairs of the mill to the do _» r of No . 0 floor , with a branch . On opening the door , which unfortunately faced Jordan-street , instead of Fogg ' s-lanc —( in other words , it opened to the side of the mill , instead of along its length)—the men wer e not o nl y unable to rake the flames in their full ra g e , but from these rushing in great force around the doorway , they were utterly ttnable to endure the intense heat , and wero driven back , and obliged to retreat more than once .
About halt-past six o clock the roof and part of a wall fell in with a tremendous crash ; and at this time Mr . Rose and a number of bis men were in one of thc upper floors of the building . He distinctly felt tbe stairs and the building generally shaking ; aud one of bis men at the same time reporting to him that the building was very badly constructed , and the upper part of the walls very thin , Mr . Rose thought it unwise to risk the lives of his men in so perilous a situation , and he accordingly directed them to descend tbe stairs and quit the building . Not long afterwards the upper floors of the building being then burned down to the fourth story , one or more floors fell in , and the beams being inserted in the outer walls , these were drawn inwards , and fell with a
tremendous crash , about a quarter or twenty minutes before eight o ' clock , leaving only small portions at each gable end standing . At this time there was no fire hi the tliree lower stories , w h i c h were also swe p t down with the weight of the superincumbent materials . The fall of these walls being so sudden and s imultan e ous , produced a feeling of terror amongst the crowd , and , for a few seconds afterwards , a perfect stillness prevailed , many persons fearing that sonic of the firemen had been buried in the ruins . At the time of this fall of the greater part of tho building , seven or eight firemen were on the roof of a low building in the yard of the premises , direc t ing the three branches from the engines upon tho burning mill . That smaller portion of the outer walls wliich fell outwards , struck the roof of the boiler house , where the men were ; but , as they perceived
the fall coming , they all leaped off upon the ground , aud , fortunately , escaped without serious injury , with one exception , a man named Abrahams , who , in leaping , slipped and sprained , or otherwise hurt his knee-joint so seriously , that it was necessary to convey him home . Up to tbis time the firemen were rapidly mastering the lire , which from the lirst had never burst into a clear mass of flame , but smouldered and smoked under the deluge of water poiired on it ; and it is the opinion of Mr . Rose that the flames would soon have been got under but for the sudden fall of the greater part of the building , which left little standin g that w a s w o rth preserving ; indeed , all that remained to be dune was to extinguish the burning timbers , and to prevent the tire from extending to adjacent buildings . To this end it was necessary to continue working the enginesforseveral hours .
The origin of the fire seems to be enveloped in mystery . There had been no hands working in No . 0 room since breakfast time on Saturday morning , but one of the men employed in the mill states that he lighted the gas in that room and took a man into the room with him , but tbe man would not begin work , and the gas was put out about a quarter of un hour afterwards . The valuable machinery and stock inthe mill is estimated at about _ Ct > , 000 , and the whole of it , with the exception , probably , of tbe engine , has been destroyed . " _Messrs . Holmes nnd Roberts are insured in the Phoenix and Norwich Union offices , in tho form e r for £ 3 , 500 , and in the latter for £ 2 , 300 ; and we understand that they received the policies only last week . The lease was to have been transferred from Mr . James Waddington to them on Saturday last . Their books were all saved , being got out at the commencement oi the tire .
Atuociocs Cruelty To A Child.—At The Qua...
_Atuociocs Cruelty to a Child . —At the Quarter Sessions for the city of Rochester , held on Saturday , Mary Ann Vigo , aged thirteen , was tried on a charge of p uttin g Sarah G o uld , an infant three years of age , into a tub of boiliug water , whereby she was so . s everel y scalded that thc skin fell from tbe soles of her feet . The prisoner and the infant sufferer were inmates of the North Aylesford Union Workhouse , and the offence was committed on tho 25 th of November last . The prisoner pleaded guilty , and , having d one so , the evidence of Amelia Litchford , who witnessed thc transaction , was taken to confirm the fact . After being duly admonished as to her future conduct , she was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment in Maidstone Gaol .
The Brother of Kirxe White accidentally Dbowned . — A melancholy accident occurred lately at Tiverton , to the Rev . J o ' nn Melville YV b ite , the re c t o r of the parish , it _appears that he had for many months past been _suffering from defective vision , and on Tuesday week , in the afternoon , be bad occasion to go into ii plantation on his premises , where he had some poles felled , ibr the purpose of looking at them before _thoywvc sold . These poles were lying close by the pond , -and it is supposed Mv . White _atumUcd agaiust the , 'stumps of some of the trees in his path , and was precipitated into thc _watu _* . His body was not found for several hours afterwards . The rev . goi _ tleini > . n bore a most amiable character . Ho was b roth e r , of thc poet , He'iry Kirkc White , and was in the shty-fir $ t year of his age .
, Rating Of Prince Alberts Farm At Winds...
, RATING OF PRINCE ALBERTS FARM AT WINDSOR . -.. Inconsequenae _^ fa memorial addressed _. to _^ Prince Albert on the subject of the alleged claims of the parish upon his Royal Highness for arrears of poorrates , amounting to £ 228 , due upon Flemish Farm , signed by the whole of the parochial authorities , the I Prince commanded a case to be drawn up , setting I forth the nature of his Royal _Highness ' s occupation j ofthe farm in question , as well a s the g r o un d s u po n wh i ch th e p a y ment was resisted , and submitted to the law-officers of the Crown for their opinion thereon . On Tuesday morning Mr . Darvill , solicitor ( who had b een p ro f ession al l y en g a g ed in the matter on t h e P . aJ * of the parish ) , accompanied by Mr . Thomas Adams , the Mayor and Vicar ' s warden , Messrs . John Clode , jun ., and _Ingalton , churchwardens ; and Messrs . T . Cfcave , Noke , and Chisholm , overseers , waited upon Mr . Anson , the Prince ' s private secretary , at the Castle , agreeably to the request of Mr . Anson , for the purpose of having communicated to them the opinion which had been obtained by the Prince trom the law-officers of tbe Crown , as well as to be informed ofthe final determination of his Royal Highness . Mr . Anson informed the parochial authorities that cases had been submitted to Sir Frederick Thesi g er , and also to Sir Thomas Wilde ; and that both those eminent legal authorities agreed in
opinion that thc Prince Consort , under the circumstances which had been brought berbrc them , although the farm was tilled and a large portion of it used for fattening the cattle of his Royal Highness , was not liable to be rated , inasmuch as the property in question belonged to the Crown . It was further stated to the parish officers that the Crown had granted no lease of the farm to the Prince Consort , a n d t hat his Royal Highness occupied tho land rent free . It was also denied by Mr . Anson , that the Prince had beneficially occupied tho farm . * and tlte parish officers , it was submitted on the part of the Prince , must prove that his Royal Highness really had a beuelieial occupation before tbey could legally recover the amount claimed by them for arrears of rates .
Mr . Anson declined to furnish the parish with a co p y ofthe case submitted to Sir Fre d erick Thesi ger and Sir Thomas Wilde , together with their opinion thereon , in consequence of the parish , on their part , uot being provided with a case and opinion also . It was stated , that if the parish had submitted a case to co unsel , and ob tain e d an op ini o n , there would have been no objection , on the part of the Prince Consort's _advisei-s , to have exchanged copies of the sam e ; but thi s not havin g been d o n e , no cop ies could be furnished to the parish of tho case and opinion by wliich his Royal Highness would be guided ia resisting the claims of the parish . It was also stated that it was the opinion of Sir Thomas Wilde , that if the p arish proceeded to extremities in enforcing the payment ofthe alleged aiTears _, aud any future rates that might be made , by levying upon the property upon
the f a rm , it ivould find itself iu great error . A vestry meeting has been called by the parish officers to make another rate ( a large sum being demanded immediately by the guardians of the Windsor Union ) , when the whole ofthe correspondence which has passed between tbe legal adviser of thc parish and tbe Prince Consort , as well as the determination which has been come to by the P r inc e - will bc l a i d b efor e th e inha b it a nt s , in or d er that they mivy decide upon their future proceedings in the matter . There are several persons who have not paid the last rate , made as long since as September last . Summonses against the defaulters have not been app lied for , it being considered advisable , before such a step was resorted to , that the intentions of the Prince Consort should be first ascertained .
Fire , Anp Loss Of Tivo Lives At Padd1ng...
FIRE , ANP LOSS OF TIVO LIVES AT PADD 1 NGTON . On Saturday mornin g a fire , which was attended with d isastrous consequences to bo th l ife and property , took place upon the premises occupied by Mrs . Pryer , a laundress , situated at 23 , Cambridgeplace , Junction-road , n ear th e Gre a t Western Rai l - way terminus at Paddington . It appears that police constable D 179 , on going his rounds early on Saturday morning , observed an unusual light in tho first floor of the building , whi c h induced him to rai s e the al a rm of fire ; b ut un fo rtunatel y it was some time before the inmates could bc roused from
their slum b ers , and not until the flames were bursting through the front windows , as well as up the staircase , with the greatest impetuosity . Several of the lodgers managed to escape from the blazing building , as did Mrs . Pryer , and another female , w h o was se v erel y burnt u p on t he b o d / as she descended the staii * s . The scene shortly afterwards was of the most heartrending description , for not only the inhabitants of the burning house , but also those ad j oinin g , were to be seen either at the window or huddled together in the street in their night dresses . Upon tho first alarm information was speedily conveyed to the different stations , and the Baker-street engine was soon upon the spot , as well as neighbouring engines . The parish and West of
England were also early in arriving , andso was a fire escape belonging to the Royal Society for thc Protection of Life from Fire . Mr . Staples , the superintendent of the tire brigade , set tho men to work , but unfortunately , before the engines began to play , the fire had reached thc second floor , and after piercing through the windows of that story , they made their way throu g h the ro o f , and burst out with redoubled fury . The Grand Junction Works furnished a sufficient supply of water , which was speedily discharged into the midst of the burning property , and by the most praiseworthy exertions of the firemen they were enabled to cut oft' any further communication , but it was past five o'clock before the fire was extinguished . For somo time afterwards it was imagined that all the parties had made a safe
retreat from the premises , and when they were congratulating each other that such was the case , a discovery of a most melanch o l y character was made upon the ground of the back parlour . On further examination , it was found that two human beings , man and wife , had been sacrificed to the fury of the devastating element , who had rented that room , and whose remains were so mutilated that no likeness was discernible , although no doubt remains that they are the unfortunate parties referred to . Their name was Wane , and thoir remains were conveyed from the scene , in order that a jury may arrive at a Yerdict . We regret to add that not one of the inmates was
insured to the amount ofasinglefavthing , so that they have lost everything , but tbey have been kindly lod g e d since the occurr e nce b y their nei ghbours . Fr o m in q uirie s , made up to the latest period , there is no doubt that the two unfortunate persons were suffocated in th e ir be ds , a s th ey were not seen or heard , b y an y of the other inmates , and if it had been known that they were in the building they could have been saved by the firemen , as well as with the assistance ofthe fire-escape from the Royal Society . Since th e fire , and after it became known that the two lives had been lost , vast crowds have collected round the ruins , and it required the aid of the police to keep them away from danger .
Ner Of Swan-Street, When His Attention W...
ner of Swan-street , when his attention was excited by observing the prisoners , who wero in the company of two other men , all of whom stood immediately in front of him . They began with what is termed " larking" with each other , during which the two prisoners were designedly pushed by their companions against him , and at the moment be felt Pcrryman ' s hand at his fob pocket , attempting to pull bis watch out . The latter made three different attempts to obtain possession ol" the watch , and would unquestionably bave succeeded in liis object , bad not tlio chain been twisted tightly round complainant ' s braces . The complainant finding thatthe object of the fellows was to rob hira , called out for the police , u p on which _Harvcv ejaculated , " Let ' s be off , Charley , " and
The " Great Moral Lesson" of as Execution —At the Southwark police office on Monday , Charles Perryman and William Harvey , two well-dressed young men , were brought before Mr . Cottingham , charged with attempting to steal a gold watch from the person of Captain Randall , of Holles-stroct , Cavendish-square , at _theexueution of Quennell , that morning , at Horseinonger-lanc gaol . Captain Randall , stated that he went . to witness the execution of Q uennell , th a t mornin g , on the top of Horsemongerlane gaol , an d that whi l e he was stan d ing in a posi t ion immediately in view of the gallows , he was soon surrounded by agreat numberof persons _, lie had not long taken up the position , which was near
thecorthey were in the act of making their way tlirough tlie crowd , when h e ( com plainant ) pointed them out to policem a n 272 M , who , with another policeman , managed to take them into custody after a stout resistance , during which Harvey struck 272 M a severe blow on thc side ofthe head . The magistrate then proceeded to make sonic inquiries into tlie characters of thc prisoners , and was informed by Kent , one of the policemen attached to the court , that Harvey was tried and committed some timo since at the Central Criminal Court , and sentenced to be transported , which , however , was afterwards-commuted to a lengthened imprisonment . The other prisoner was also known as the associate of thieves . A Mr . Austen stepped forward and stated that ho was present at the execution , and stood near the spot where the above attempted robbery took p laco . That while his att e nt io n wa s d ir ec ted towards t h e sc a ffold , in a
moment his watch was drawn from his pocket , butthe a c t was so in s tant a neous that h e had n o o ppo rtunit y of perceiving by whom the robbery was committed . Mr . Cottingham said that it was fortunate for the prisoners they had not succeeded in robbing tho compl ainant , for if they had he wou l d ass ur ed l y have s ent th e m tothe Central Criminal Court , and the sessions being then on , it was probable they would havo been tried , committed , and sentenced to transportation within forty-eight hours . Thc magistrate then sentonco . l tlie prisoners to three _nontlis imprisonment and hard labour ; and previously to Captain Randall leaving the court , Mv . Cottingham expressed his disapproval that a gentleman in his situation of lile , bearing her Majesty ' s commission , should have attended su . cb a spectacle as the public execution of an unfortunate malefactor , and have exposed himself to the consequence of being robbed by thc rabble which usuul . ' . ycongvcgate on siich occasions .
Dre A Dful A Ccidkni '—Tue De1uiy Mail. ...
DRE A DFUL A CCIDKNI '—TUE DE 1 UIY MAIL . The particulars of the following fatal aocjdent , . whichhappened , to tbe . Londonderr _^ mail coach , on Thursday night , have been communicated " to " lis by James Cahill , Esq ., of 79 , Talbot-street , who was a passenger , and who , wc are happy to say , escaped with only some slight bruises : — The coach left the Drogheda terminus of the Dublin and Drogbeda Railway , after the arrival of the mail train , at the usual ' hour on T _ iursdayni- . hr . The vehicle was occupiod by a young lady , n a med Knox , her father , and two other gentlemen inside , and Mr . Cahill , the only outside passenger . The coach was driven by Patrick _Shanley , a well known whip , and a very civil , _obliaimr ncrson . who was
much esteemed by all who travelled on his road . Everything went on well until about two o'clook , when the vehicle had arrived within two miles of Castleblaney , wher e it was u ps e t , and Shanley was killed on the spot . Mr . Cahill givc 3 a truly horrifying description of the accident . He says that at the stage before they came to Castleblaney , four blind horses were pul to the coach , and as the night was very dark it was with considerable difficulty tbat Shanley managed them . On approaching the spot where the accident occurred , there is a curve in the road , and then a straight line . Just after passing the curve there was a large heap of stones on the side of the way , and to avoid coming in contact with that , Shanley kept the o pp osite s ide , and on this portion of the road tliere was a deep cut of which he was ignorant .
Th e wh e els of the c o a ch ca m e into t h e c ut , the leading horses plunged into the ditch and wero knocked do w n , the wheelers foil on them , and the coach was instantly upset with great violence . It would have been completely overturned but for the ditch . Mr . Cahill , who , fortunately for himself , sat behind the coachman , although he wa 3 several times during tbe night solicited to take the box-seat , was thrown with great force over the hedge into a ploughed field , where be lay for some time quite insensible from the eft ' ects of the shock . On recovering he made lm way out , and a shocking spectacle presented itself to his sight . All ' was still as death ; the horses , coach and all , lay there in one confused mass . The coachman was quite lifeless ; the coach had fallen on and crushed him to death
instantly . Die guard lay against the ditch quite msensiblo , and not a sound issued from the inside . Mr . Cahill concluded that all were killed . He crept up the side of the coach and took down the remaining lamp . He then dragged poor Shanley out from where he lay , but the poor clay did not return even a pulsation . His next attempt was to extricate tho guard , which he did , and finding some signs of life in him he placed him iu a convenient position , and proceeded to climb up the coach . Having opened the door , he found the four inside passengers completely stunned . With great difficulty he succeeded in extricating Miss Knox from the perilous position in which she was { placed , and the other * were subsequently extricated . Messengers were sent oif afc once to Castleblaney , and twenty men , with the Catholic clergyman and medical man , were promptly in attendance . The guard recovered after some time . The coach was taken into _Castlebaney . F reema n ' s Journal .
The Late Case Of Outrage Axd Robbery.—Ca...
The late Case of Outrage axd Robbery . —Caution to Families is Selectiso Servants . — At the Lambeth Police-office on Monday Mr . Kerby _, the superintendent of the Northamptonpolice force , attended before Mr . Henr y to give some facts _rolativa to the p risoner Smith , alicts Eales , who had been committed from this court on Friday last on a charge of going to the liouse of Mr . Hamblin , and by threats —presenting a pistol and dagger , extorting a £ 10 note . Mr . Kerby stated that Smith , alias Eale 3 , had , in the year 1842 , been tried and convicted of a burglary and robbery near Towcester , and sentenced to ten years' transportation , but had managed to effect his escape from on board one of the hulks oh"
Portsmouth . Besides this he ( Mr . kerby ) held m his hands a warrant for his apprehension on a charge of daring highway robbery ; but he supposed tliere would be no use or opportunity of serving it on him , as the charge upon which he had been committed appeared so conclusive as to leave very little doubt of his conviction . Since the commitment of tha prisoners Smith and Jones , a discovery of a singular kind as connected with their case has been made . On the discovery of thc robbery Inspector Campbell called at the house of Mr . Hamblin to make the necessary inquiries about it ; and , while proceeding with those inquiries , he expressed a wish to examine the servant . His desire was met by a decided declaration that there was not the slig htest
necessity for doing so , a s they received the h igh est character with the young woman , and that there was not the slightest ground for such a suspicion . Indeed , some members of the family expressed themselves very strongly upon tho subject , and said it was too much the practice with officers to cast unjust aspersions upon the characters of servants the moment any thing improper occurred , and appeared really very , very angry . Since the commitment of the prisoner circumstances came to tho knowledge of Mr . Campbell which induced him to question the servant , and after some hesitation she acknowledged that she was the nieco of the female prisoner named Jones : that Jones had called upon her at the house
of her master on the Sunday night preceding the robbery ; that she had left thehouse with her under tlie pretence of going to church , and that finding Smith waiting close to thehouse for them they all then walked together as far as the Elephant and Castle , when they had something to drink . On the evening of the robbery and outrage the servant left home to goto church , and Mr . Campbell ascertained that she did attend divine service . __ Smith , since his apprehension , and subsequent to his first and second e x a mination , sent a letter to Mr . Henry , in which he acknowledged that the woman Jones was his wife , and expressed his sorrow for denying the fact when it had been stated to his worship by his wife .
_Deteumixed Suicide from Destitution . — On Saturday an inquest was held in the board-room of the _Gray's-inn-iano workhouse , by Mi * . Wakley , M . P ., upon the body of Rachel Tate , aged 33 , who committed suicide under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of Hannah Fisher that the woman was brought to the workhouse with several wounds about her person , and was evidently suffering under the influence of laudanum . She resisted the efforts of the surgeon in applying the stomach pump , an d alter declarin g that she was in a dr ea dful s t a te of d es titution , she expired . Mrs . Chariotte Devcrgh , landlad y of the Kin g ' s Head , Leather-lane , stated that the deceased obtained a bed at her house on Monday , and the following
moming asked for some gin , which was refused , as it was thought she was then intoxicated . Maria Laraborne , h er servant , deposed that the unfortunate woman was sickly when she entered the house , and as she ( tlic servant ) was clearing out her room , she observed a bruise upon her side , which induced her to make a furt h er examinat io n , when she discovered several woun d s u p on h er b reast an d arm , and the bed was saturated with her blood . Upon raising an alarm the de oea s c d w o uld not all o w h e rself to be atte n ded to , and she told witness that she was in great distress and did not wish to live . Susannah Osborne , widow , and sister of the decease d , gave a truly heart-rending _descrintion of the _prhations and sufferings of herself
and sister . She said that , although , through the kindness of Mr . Ackland , of Gray ' s Inn-road , they had plenty of work afc _shse binding , yet that , although they worked from morning till night , their united exertions produced only nine or ten shilling * a week . Her sister became quite melancholy and heart-broken , and frequently declared that she was weary of life , and from b e in g kind had bitterly assumed a sullen demeanour . Witness in vain endeavoured to keep u ? her spirits with the hope of better davs . Deceased left home on Christmas Eve , and _witnessed notsee her afterwa * _ds until she found her dying in the workhouse . Thejiryreturneda verdict of insanity .
Melaxcholv Accident . _—ThBEB Lives Lost . —Ifc is with much regret we state that , i two market-boats which left Falmouth on , atur . ay afternoon last on their return to Porthalla _, St . Keverne , oncot them unfortunately went down in a squall , and the three men in it were drowned . The accident happened in Falmouth Bay , no great distance from _Bendennis . The deceased were named Sampson Hill , and William and John Tri p coney , brothers . Hill was about to be married . John Tripconey was unmarried , but his brother has left a widow and two children to bewail his loss . When thc boat missed its companion , it w a s immediatel y p ut about , but nothing of thc lostboat could bc seen but a loose spar or two . Two women were in the boat which weathered thc squall , who became so alarmed that they were landed afc Crab quay , on Pendinnis , and thoy walked home .
Six Men Drowned at Crookiuyen . — Six fine young men belonging to this locality went to take spiller fish ki a boat called the Mary , yawl , rowing six oars , out of Gaily Cove . They were not far trom laud , when a sea struck the boat , upset her , and all hands met a watery grave . No assistance could be rendered at the time it occurred . Thc names ot the suff e rers are , Daniel Donovan , Garret Barry , jun _.. Gar r et Fitz g erald , of Lunanc , leaving a wile and four children to deplore his loss ; Denis _Driscoll , Timothy Sullivan , jna . The hills and town ara thronged with all their friends weeping lor them loss .
Funeral of the late Colonel _Gurwood . —On Saturday morning the mortal remains of thc lata Col . John Gurwood were buried in the vault of the Tower Cha p el , Tower-hill . Joseph Charles Howett , Esq ., architect , who is married to the colonel ' s onl y surviving sister , was the chief mourner ; and amonast the private friends of the deceased who surrounded his bier in tke chapel , wc noticed . Lor d Frederick I ' oulett , Colonel Grant , Colonel Hume , Major _Hcthoringtoii , Major Clarke , Majov-Gcueral Brewer , Colonel Rowan , Dr . Hume , Mr . H a ll , and thc Spanish Ambassador . 'Hie gallant colonel was in his 5 Sih year . Ia Prase states that the accounts received from the different _provinces of France us to tho slate Ot tlie growing crops arc satisfactory _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10011846/page/7/
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